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Martin: Great site.

Martin: Great site. So much of your information is applicable to the sea run cutthroat fishing on the west coast of the US and Canada. Thank you.
Let me ask if you don't find that the long shank streamer hook on this Muddler gives the fish an extra advantage and leverage in throwing the hook? One of the reasons we like the tube fly out here is that it harbors a short shank hook (often an SC 15 Gamakatsu) and makes it easier to bring the fish to hand and effect a quick release.

The fingers in the g

The fingers in the gills of fish. An ancient practice and damaging! Let's stop this ignorance

Hi Rick they are Snapper, the

Hi Rick they are Snapper, the legal limit per person per day in this area is 9 and the minimum size is 27cm. Most guys only take a few and my personal minimum size is 30cm, I do not think they are worth filleting if they are any smaller. They are the most popular recreational fishing target in the North Island and grow to 30lb+ but they are slow growing, the ones in the pic would probably be 4 or 5 years old.
All the best.
Mike

Who's the fish

Nice pics Mike, what species of fish are they?

Rick

I and my husband hav

I and my husband have many fly tying book, and they all pretty much have the fly u are looking for. I could give u a list of them if u would like.... or send u a picture and instructions to the one u would like... ...

Alan, With three

Alan,

With three kids it sounds like you've got the makings of a sweat shop for fly tying. Let the little bastards know they don't get any allowance and are grounded until they deliver dad three dozen hand tied bass bugs each. ;-)

It is law in Austral

It is law in Australia to wear a buoyancy vest in a boat in most situations & just plain common sense to use one if you can. Auto inflate models are great.

Cellphone coverage is non existent in most worthwhile fishing areas. Many fishermen now carry Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) with the satellite GPS location accuracy of about 45 metres.

Snake bites are a very real threat in Australia as my nephew will attest. He was bitten through the lower leg part of heavy Scierra waders. Snake bite is treated by applying several layers of compression bandage to the limb and keeping it elevated and immobile. Try getting to medical help if you are by yourself, cannot walk & have no cellphone coverage.

If by myself, I generally carry more survival gear than fishing gear, even for a day. As well as complying to all the above suggestions my vest / backpack / shoulder bag / wader pockets contain a very loud whistle, 3 compression bandages, a few adhesive bandages, waterproof matches, gas lighters, fire start tablets, space blanket, food & drink, warm jacket, waterproof jacket & PLB.

I do now wade & walk very carefully but have had a couple of minor mishaps, luckily, when I was with someone.

hi, i am going to to

hi, i am going to toscane ( ghivizzano ) and maybe i wil try my first flyfisching ...
can you keep the cought fisch or is it catch and release ?
thx for the information !

Comment to #59 - Kokanee Sunrise

Great looking streamer....Prob my favorite of the month!

Comment to #59 - Kokanee Sunrise

Beautiful work!

Comment to #59 - Kokanee Sunrise

Absolutely stunning! Love the contrast of the wing and shoulder.

Comment to #59 - Kokanee Sunrise

beauty streamer Don

Comment to #57 - Brookie Fin

Spectacular streamer!

Jay,

Isn't ALL sa

Jay,

Isn't ALL salmon fishing, fishing in spawning rivers? Unless you go sea fishing for salmon, you're fishing for fish that are on their spawning run. The size of the river can hardly have any significance.

As I have said before regarding spawning fish: you decide whether it's ethical to fish for them or not. Personally I prefer not to, but I don't condemn those who do as long as they abide the rules and laws. And in general the fish will see more hardship during their run than you can offer them with a hook and line. These fish seem to be fine and swim readily when released. I don't think we need to worry.
And as far as I know the Wisconsin salmon are landlocked Pacific salmon, and will die after they have spawned - so as long as we release them unharmed to continue their task, I have a hard time imagining that this does any damage.

Regarding the flies, I have fished for salmon using two Icelandic Snelda's on one line, and if that is fly fishing, then this is too.

Martin

MIke,

MIke,

Those are some nice fish! Great to see some pictures from that famed river. Thanks for sharing.

Martin

Why did you put this

Why did you put this video in here? Fishing in the small spawning rivers is irresponsible and not sportmanlike. And by the way...the flies do not really look like flies!

Great to make contact

Hullo Martin,

Great to make contact again after all these years - when you took me sea trout fishing off Copenhagen when I was in Denmark for business in December of 2000. So sorry to hear about your fishing instability - your message is well-read and taken on board!

All the best,

Jan Korrubel
South Africa.

Comment to David Mac

Dave,

Get well soon. I always look forward to your comments on the Fly Tyer site.

Walt

Comment to Dave Lomasney

Excellent. Keep up the good work! The old saying goes "If you do what you love for a living...you'll never work a day in your life"....

I am looking for a t

I am looking for a tieing book with the Prince of Darkness in it. Does anyone know the name of the book so I can buy it. As for all your comments I have tied it in many different combinations and found it to be most effective in the spring when the trout are still running deep.

Cool photos!

Cool photos!

Erik,

And you wou

Erik,

And you would of course immediately break off the fish of a lifetime if you were in a similar situation? No, sorry you wouldn't fish at all if the "risk" was there of hooking such a fish! Situations like this happen - a salmon takes a nymph meant for a grayling, a barracuda takes a bonefish fly. What to do? Fight it or break it off? Most anglers fight it. You may choose differently.

This fish might have had a rough time, and it might have been handled too long, but as far as I can see it does swim actively back to the depths, and will most likely be there to be caught another day.

Let's realize it: sticking a hook in a fish, fighting it for a long time, photographing it and releasing it is not something the fish would choose to experience - if it had any influence on its own fate.

If you don't want to see fish suffer, you either fish heavy gear and kill all you catch - or don't fish at all!

Martin

Beautiful fish but c

Beautiful fish but completely worn out after a far too long 'fight' on too light tackle. Next 5 minutes of handeling the fish in front of the camera.. :-(

Mr .Joergensen
Tha

Mr .Joergensen
Thank you for the reply .
Good to know that this article is, after you added a stamp "This is For Fun" not to take for serious!
The reality is just as you described it ! That's why Flyfishing tackle is as expensive as it is,at least 500% overpriced!
Well ,i hope that in the future articles like this one will be recognizable after the first letter so most people have not to to read the rest wasting time and can go straight to a serious one.
Sorry for my english writing skills,in my live i never had the opportunity to study english .
However greetings and tight lines to all the GFF staff.